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Enterprise Architecture Methodology at KPMG. David vun Kannon Manager, Financial Services Consulting KPMG LLP. Introduction. The Problem: “I spent $500 million on IT, and all I got was this lousy source code (ERP system, etc.)!”. Topics of Discussion. Overview of enterprise architecture
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Enterprise Architecture Methodology at KPMG David vun Kannon Manager, Financial Services Consulting KPMG LLP
Introduction • The Problem: “I spent $500 million on IT, and all I got was this lousy source code (ERP system, etc.)!”
Topics of Discussion • Overview of enterprise architecture • Our model-driven approach • The relevance of XML
Overview of Enterprise Architecture • Skyscrapers are not 10,000 doghouses stacked on top of each other. • 10K doghouses=10K siloed apps • No global planning or direction a function of the disconnect between IT and the business it supports.
Enterprise Requirements • “You start coding, I’ll get the requirements.” NOT! • Cannot overemphasize the importance of design and requirements gathering • Exponentially less costly to fix mistakes at this stage.
KPMG’s Model-Driven Approach • Capture requirements • Organise requirements • Operationalise requirements • Shadow Implementation to maintain relevance
Leveraging the Requirements • Documentation • Code generation • Administrivia
The Relevance of XML • UML is a visual language • No consistent API • Models are documents, not programs
XMI – UML in XML • Part of OMG MOF initiative • A mechanically derived DTD • Goal is supporting interchange
SimpleBank • A trivial model • A non-trivial script • Legacy up-translation
What This Means • Separation of modeling and code generation • Choose the right tool for the job • Legacy support via up-translation to XMI
XMI – Not Just For Interchange • Code Generation • Separating Modeling and CG • The relevance of XSL
Code Generation • Traditional target of the object model’s class diagram • UI - HTML • Business Logic - Data structures, function stubs, directory and file structure in C++, Java, VB, etc. • Persistent Storage – SQL DDL • Targeted in isolation
Separating Modeling from CG • Tools do one thing well • Don’t expect good code generation from a great modeler • More choices from unbundled tools
The Relevance of XSLT • Tool appropriate to the task • Can quickly add new targets • Can tune the O-R mapping
UML2SQL.XSL • Generates DDL for MS SQL Server • March draft XSLT and XT
Next Steps • Tremendous opportunities in code generation • New targets – LDAP, DSML, UIML • New Sources – sequence diagrams, statecharts, • Cross tier coordination • The XML messaging vocabulary • Round trip engineering
Next Steps • From static to dynamic system descriptions • Decorating the model with active metadata • Application instrumentation • Design For Change and the invalidated assumption